The giraffe is the tallest land animal on Earth - but height alone doesn’t explain its survival in one of the most competitive ecosystems on the planet. In this video, we explore how its elevated ...

Giraffes are famous for their towering height, but this unique anatomy also shapes one of the strangest sleep patterns in the animal kingdom. Living on open grasslands with little shelter, giraffes ...

Masai giraffes are considered endangered, the zoo said. They have few natural predators but their population has declined by 30% over the past 35 years because of habitat loss. Photo from San Diego ...

But this extreme feature comes at a cost: namely the energy required for the heart to pump blood up to the head against gravity. As a result, giraffes have high blood pressure, more than twice that of ...

A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. A Masai giraffe, native to East Africa, is one of four ...